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This article is about the electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada. For the electoral district of the same name in the United Kingdom, see Colchester (UK Parliament constituency).

Colchester was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected two members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 to 1978 and included all of Colchester County. In 1978, Colchester was divided into three electoral districts, Colchester North, Colchester South, and Truro-Bible Hill.[1]

Election results

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1867

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1867 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Thomas Fletcher Morrison 1,641 28.59%
Liberal Robert Chambers 1,625 28.32%
Liberal–Conservative Samuel Rettie 1,311 22.84%
Liberal–Conservative W. McKim 1,162 20.25%
Total 5,739 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871

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1871 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Thomas Fletcher Morrison Acclaimed –
Liberal–Conservative Samuel Rettie Acclaimed –
Total – –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874

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1874 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative William Albert Patterson 1,718 30.81%
Liberal John Barnhill Dickie 1,687 30.25%
Liberal–Conservative Robert Putman 1,126 20.19%
Liberal Thomas Fletcher Morrison 1,046 18.76%
Total 5,577 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1878

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1878 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative William Blair 1,885 29.27%
Liberal–Conservative William Albert Patterson 1,846 28.66%
Liberal C. N. Cummings 1,402 21.77%
Liberal Fred. Tupper 1,308 20.31%
Total 6,441 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882

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1882 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative William Blair 1,507 24.64%
Liberal–Conservative William Albert Patterson 1,497 24.48%
Liberal S. D. McLellan 1,387 22.68%
Liberal W. H. Guild 1,251 20.45%
Independent Samuel Rettie 474 7.75%
Total 6,116 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1886

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1886 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal George Clarke 2,053 27.47%
Liberal Frederick Andrew Laurence 1,938 25.93%
Liberal–Conservative William Albert Patterson 1,782 23.85%
Liberal–Conservative S. E. Gourley 1,700 22.75%
Total 7,473 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1890

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1890 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Frederick Andrew Laurence 1,904 25.71%
Liberal George Clarke 1,868 25.22%
Liberal–Conservative I. Longworth 1,842 24.87%
Liberal–Conservative William Albert Patterson 1,793 24.21%
Total 7,407 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1894

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1894 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Wilbert David Dimock 1,985 26.66%
Liberal Frederick Andrew Laurence 1,826 24.53%
Liberal–Conservative I. Longworth 1,820 24.45%
Liberal Alfred Dickie 1,814 24.37%
Total 7,445 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1897

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1897 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Thomas McMullen 2,363 25.55%
Liberal Frederick Andrew Laurence 2,358 25.50%
Liberal–Conservative Wilbert David Dimock 2,286 24.72%
Liberal Alfred Dickie 2,240 24.22%
Total 9,247 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1901

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1901 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Frederick Andrew Laurence 2,185 25.53%
Liberal Benjamin Franklin Pearson 2,169 25.34%
Liberal–Conservative A. S. Black 2,151 25.13%
Liberal–Conservative John Fitzwilliam Stairs 2,054 24.00%
Total 8,559 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1906

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1906 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal William Davison Hill 2,567 28.76%
Liberal Benjamin Franklin Pearson 2,386 26.73%
Liberal–Conservative J. M. McCleave 2,177 24.39%
Liberal–Conservative John Suckling 1,795 20.11%
Total 8,925 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1911

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1911 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Frank Stanfield 2,592 26.53%
Liberal–Conservative Robert H. Kennedy 2,522 25.82%
Liberal William Davison Hill 2,449 25.07%
Liberal Benjamin Franklin Pearson 2,206 22.58%
Total 9,769 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1916

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1916 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Frank Stanfield 2,745 28.07%
Liberal–Conservative Robert H. Kennedy 2,665 27.25%
Liberal Gilbert H. Vernon 2,212 22.62%
Liberal Frederick B. Schurman 2,158 22.07%
Total 9,780 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1920

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1920 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
United Farmers Robert Hunter Smith 3,533 26.62%
United Farmers Harry L. Taggart 3,430 25.84%
Liberal–Conservative William R. Dunbar 3,213 24.21%
Liberal–Conservative Robert H. Kennedy 3,096 23.33%
Total 13,272 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1925

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1925 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative William Boardman Armstrong 6,733 36.86%
Liberal–Conservative Frank Stanfield 6,439 35.25%
Liberal Maynard B. Archibald 2,634 14.42%
Liberal Frank A. Reynolds 2,461 13.47%
Total 18,267 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1928

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1928 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Frank Stanfield 5,298 30.10%
Liberal–Conservative William A. Flemming 4,882 27.74%
Liberal Daniel H. MacKinnon 3,839 21.81%
Liberal William R. Dunbar 3,583 20.36%
Total 17,602 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1933

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1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative William A. Flemming 6,748 27.04%
Liberal–Conservative George Y. Thomas 6,398 25.64%
Liberal Thomas R. Johnson 6,043 24.21%
Liberal R. Edgar McLeod 5,769 23.11%
Total 24,958 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1937

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1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Frederick Murray Blois 6,698 27.13%
Liberal–Conservative George Y. Thomas 6,587 26.68%
Liberal Harry B. Havey 5,791 23.45%
Liberal Edward G. McColough 5,614 22.74%
Total 24,690 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1941

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1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Frederick Murray Blois 5,842 26.88%
Liberal–Conservative George Scott Dickey 5,432 24.99%
Liberal Robert F. McLellan 5,301 24.39%
Liberal Alexander Murdoch Sutherland 5,160 23.74%
Total 21,735 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1945

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1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Gordon Purdy 7,714 29.18%
Liberal Robert F. McLellan 6,631 25.09%
Liberal–Conservative Frederick Murray Blois 5,515 20.86%
Liberal–Conservative William A. Flemming 5,383 20.37%
Co-operative Commonwealth Sidney Mansfield Parker 642 2.43%
Co-operative Commonwealth Clarence Vincent Fleury 547 2.07%
Total 26,432 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1949

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1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Robert Stanfield 8,081 26.94%
Liberal–Conservative George Isaac Smith 7,580 25.27%
Liberal W. J. MacDonald 6,968 23.23%
Liberal Robert F. McLellan 6,857 22.86%
Co-operative Commonwealth A. L. Lynds 513 1.71%
Total 29,999 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1953

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1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Robert Stanfield 7,677 25.61%
Progressive Conservative George Isaac Smith 7,435 24.80%
Liberal Gordon Purdy 7,255 24.20%
Liberal Hector Hill 6,963 23.23%
Co-operative Commonwealth Sydney Parker 326 1.09%
Co-operative Commonwealth Harvey T. Curtis 324 1.08%
Total 29,980 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1956

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1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Robert Stanfield 8,476 27.86%
Progressive Conservative George Isaac Smith 8,057 26.48%
Liberal Hector Hill 6,733 22.13%
Liberal Margaret Norrie 6,664 21.91%
Co-operative Commonwealth Arnold Lynds 251 0.83%
Co-operative Commonwealth William Wright 240 0.79%
Total 30,421 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960

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1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Robert Stanfield 8,574 28.82%
Progressive Conservative George Isaac Smith 8,219 27.62%
Liberal Gordon Purdy 6,127 20.59%
Liberal Hugh Charles MacKinnon 5,439 18.28%
Co-operative Commonwealth Harvey T. Curtis 704 2.37%
Co-operative Commonwealth Helen K. Wright 692 2.33%
Total 29,755 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1963

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1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Robert Stanfield 9,606 32.42%
Progressive Conservative George Isaac Smith 9,147 30.87%
Liberal Gordon Purdy 5,515 18.61%
Liberal Charles K. Sutherland 4,746 16.02%
New Democratic Harvey T. Curtis 382 1.29%
New Democratic Helen K. Wright 233 0.79%
Total 29,629 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1967

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1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Robert Stanfield 9,091 31.04%
Progressive Conservative George Isaac Smith 8,485 28.97%
Liberal Charles K. Sutherland 5,348 18.26%
Liberal George Pulsifer 5,344 18.25%
New Democratic Cecil Delaney 509 1.74%
New Democratic Arthur William Benedict 507 1.73%
Total 29,284 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1970

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1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative George Isaac Smith 9,398 28.81%
Progressive Conservative Gerald Ritcey 8,012 24.56%
Liberal George Norrie 7,901 24.22%
Liberal Ross Hill 7,313 22.42%
Total 32,624 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Colchester" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1974

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1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Melinda MacLean 9,514 25.87 Green tickY
Liberal J. Floyd Tucker 8,662 23.55 Green tickY
Progressive Conservative Ronald C. Giffin 7,974 21.68
Progressive Conservative Gerald Ritcey 7,182 19.53
New Democratic Allan Marchbank 1,771 4.82
New Democratic Eda Forsythe 1,515 4.12
Independent Robert Kirk 159 0.43
Total number of valid votes 36,777 100.00
Rejected ballots 144 0.74
Number of electors who cast votes/Turnout 19,340 75.60
Eligible voters 25,582

References

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  1. ^ Riding History Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine NS Legislature

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